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Allow me to give you something to ponder, and alternative rtationale, if you will....I'll accept as valid the vast majority of the points your've made, and surely there's much that the GOP in congress has done that displeases most of us...however remember that the dems controlled Congress for most of the cold war era....I mean, Bob Michel was the House minority leader for pete's sake..that's what we had to work with, so when the GOP captured Congress in 94, they really weren't ready to govern...you've got to raise and develop a new generation of leaders....Gingrich was a magnificient political waretime congsigliere, but as a governing Speaker of the House....nope..yes, the Dems did demonize him, but he didn't help himself, and his cause, much either....it took two to four years for the GOP to actually realize that they were in charge, then just a s they were starting to feel their oats, the Clinton mess hit...and though I for one do agree that he should have been convicted, and that Lott laid down in not allowing witnesses and a full blown trial, I'd also like to point out that if the Senate had convicted Bibba, Al Gore would be President TODAY, and we, and the country would be in a far worse predicament. So there is a God, he's looking out for America, though he's also testing us, and the Dems got exactly what they deserved for following Clinton over the edge......

You make some good points.

I understand there is a point where we have to look at reality and understand when compromise is necessary. However, and this is a big however, I firmly believe the Republican party has gone too far - they have compromised their core values, and surrendered on issues which should not have been surrendered.

Even now, with a Republican in the White House and the House wholly under Republican control, the waste and lack of effort to clear away corruption boggles my mind. The Dept of Education has been given BILLIONS more of our money to continue to prove that it is an abject failure. Millions of illegals are likely to now be given amnesty, sucking away more of our tax dollars. John Ashcroft has not made an attempt (even a symbolic one) to clean up the pit of corruption from his predecessor. That FBI agent who recently shot the boy scout has not been punished, and in all likelihood, will not be. The excuses are the same as during Clinton - "The investigation is pending, and we cannot say anything."

And most infuriating, the GOP congressmen voted themselves an automatic pay raise - oblivious to the fact that the country was in recession and taxypayers without jobs were funding their congressional excesses.

If Republicans were sincere about their core values, then dam*it, heads would be rolling over the ineptitude and corruption in government, and we'd see high-paid federal bureaucrats lining up for the unemployment line. BTW those INS agents who screwed up so badly in sending the terrorists their approved visas - they haven't been fired yet either.